Topic Thesaurus
Roget's Thesaurus

Undueness (Absence of right)

Nouns
  • undueness etc. adj.
  • impropriety
  • illegality etc. [Absence or violation of law.] Illegality. falseness etc. adj.
  • emptiness of title, invalidity of title
  • illegitimacy. loss of right, disfranchisement, forfeiture. usurpation, tort, violation, breach, encroachment, presumption, assumption, seizure
  • stretch, exaction, imposition, lion's share. usurper, pretender.
Verbs
  • be undue etc. adj.
  • not be due etc. Dueness. infringe, encroach, trench on, exact
  • arrogate, arrogate to oneself
  • give an inch and take an ell
  • stretch a point, strain a point
  • usurp, violate, do violence to. disfranchise, disentitle, disqualify
  • invalidate. relax etc. (be lax) [Absence of authority] Laxity
  • misbehave etc. (vice) Vice
  • misbecome.
Adjectives
  • undue
  • unlawful etc. (illegal) [Absence or violation of law.] Illegality
  • unconstitutional
  • illicit
  • unauthorized, unwarranted, disallowed, unallowed, unsanctioned, unjustified
  • unentitled, disentitled, unqualified, disqualified
  • unprivileged, unchartered. illegitimate, bastard, spurious, supposititious, false
  • usurped. tortious [Law]. undeserved, unmerited, unearned
  • unfulfilled. forfeited, disfranchised. improper
  • unmeet, unfit, unbefitting, unseemly
  • unbecoming, misbecoming
  • seemless
  • not the thing, out of the question, not to be thought of
  • preposterous, pretentious, would-be.
Phrases
  • filius nullius.